Loaded Text Icon - Not Sure Why It's Loaded

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September 5, 2017
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The last couple of days I have run into a problem where both the text tool and pointer appear to have loaded text. I am not sure how and why this text was loaded. I don't appear to have any text frames that have overflow text. If I select paste in a text frame, I merely get the last copied text, not what appears to be showing in the tools.

Annoyingly, I can't seem to be able to get rid of this annoying little 'symbol' floating off the pointer and text tool.

Can anybody please help?

Cheers....Scotty

PS I am pretty good at using InDesign but hopeless when it comes to solving problems!!text

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Correct answer stuartm54046563

Srishti,

sorry, I should have marked this as 'answered'.

Yes it did solve the problem although the subsequent releases of InDesign and High Sierra seem to have eliminated the problem anyway.

Apologies again.

Scotty

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi stuartm,

I would like to know if the steps suggested above worked for you, or the issue still persists.

Kindly update the discussion if you need further assistance with it.

Thanks,

Srishti

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stuartm54046563AuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

Srishti,

sorry, I should have marked this as 'answered'.

Yes it did solve the problem although the subsequent releases of InDesign and High Sierra seem to have eliminated the problem anyway.

Apologies again.

Scotty

Alexandre Becquet

Community Expert

Hello have you tried this solution to reset Indesign?

1 - (Windows) Launch InDesign and press Shift + Ctrl + Alt. Click the Yes button when you are prompted to delete your preferences files.

2 - (Mac OS) Launch InDesign while pressing Shift + Option + Command + Control.

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stuartm54046563Author

Inspiring

Yep, tried that.

Is there any way I can see what is actually attached to the pointer / text tool?

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Migintosh

Legend

stuartm54046563 wrote
Is there any way I can see what is actually attached to the pointer / text tool?

Normally, you only have a loaded text pointer if you have gone to File>Place and navigated to a text file or image file. If you want to see what's attached, click on a blank portion of your page, or into an empty frame. That will place what ever is loaded. You should also be able to see a small thumbnail of the image or text in the pointer itself.